English-Icelandic translations for pitch
Definition of pitch
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap
- A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar
- Pitchstone. Webster 1913--
- To cover or smear with pitch
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand
- The act of pitching a baseball
- The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. Not used in America, where "field" is the preferred word
- An effort to sell or promote something
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font
- The angle at which an object sits
- A level or degree, or , a peak or highest degree
- The rotation angle about the transverse axis
- The place where a busker performs
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar
- Prominence; importance
- A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances
- A person's or animal's height
- That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant
- The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out
- To throw
- To throw toward a batter at home plate
- To play baseball in the position of pitcher
- To throw away; discard
- To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell
- To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind
- To assemble or erect (a tent
- To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp
- To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down
- To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin
- To bounce on the playing surface
- To settle and build up, without melting
- To fix one's choice
- To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope
- To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones
- To set or fix
- To discard for some gain
- The perceived frequency of a sound or note
- In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by
- To produce a note of a given pitch
- To fix or set the tone of
Examples
- It is hard to get this pitch off my hand
- They put pitch on the mast to protect it
- The barrel was sealed with pitch
- It was pitch black because there was no moon
- a good pitch in quoits
- The pitch was low and inside
- The teams met on the pitch
- He gave me a sales pitch
- The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch
- The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood
- A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning.
- the pitch of the roof or haystack
- the pitch of an aircraft
- The propeller blades pitch went to zero as the engine was feathered
- The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope
- a steep pitch in the road
- the pitch of a roof
- He pitched the horseshoe.
- Bob pitches today.
- He pitched the candy wrapper.
- He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
- At which level should I pitch my presentation?
- Pitch the tent over there.
- The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker.
- The ball pitched well short of the batsman.
- to pitch from a precipice
- The field pitches toward the east.
- The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
- Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.
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